Review of Surface Relaxation and Reconstruction Phenomena |
| P. Zieliński Institute of Nuclear Physics, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland |
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| The basic definitions concerning structure of surface are given. The principal experimental methods of the observation of surfaces are reviewed. A possibly heuristic explanation is given of principal theoretical concepts underlying the present understanding of the surface phenomena. The best known and/or understood examples of the surface relaxation, surface reconstruction and roughening are reviewed. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.89.251 PACS numbers: 68.35.-p, 68.35.Bs, 68.35.Md, 68.35.Rh |